Comments by "Crazy Eyes" (@CrizzyEyes) on "The Rings of Power Reviews Are a Bit Split" video.

@DJWeapon8 I think you're giving the people who make these diversity casting decisions too much credit. They aren't actually principled. In truth they don't give a damn about representation, the struggles of the oppressed, intersectional politics and so on and so forth. They think "Oh let's just make a Black Elf guy. Black people like that sort of thing, we'll get posts on Twitter." That is literally as deep as it goes, and for the life of me I cannot fathom why anyone would celebrate laziness, regardless of ethnicity or political stance. Imagine a scene where the writers, director(s) and perhaps some of the cast are in a room brainstorming things, then there's a knock on the door and a producer walks in. "Hey how's the movie coming along? Good? Good, say are there any original characters for this series?" "Yeah we've got an elf guy who marries a human woman, you know, to give a more grounded perspective on the plot events" "Hey sounds great. You should make him Black." "Sorry?" "You should make him Black. It will be good for optics. I've got another meeting to run to so I'll see you all later. Keep making the magic!" finger guns As far as I'm aware this is how a staggeringly high number of terrible decisions are made in the creative process. This extends to video games as well.
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@libertariansasquatch You're right, virtue signaling isn't enough. Say, you wouldn't happen to be a federal agent by chance?
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@xelthiavice4276 "And yet doing nothing about it" Well we have that problem where an FBI agent sticks his government-mandated appendage down our throat when we congregate. Feel free to burn down lower-middle class local businesses because a criminal got shot though, I'm sure no one will stop you.
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